England batsman Jonny Bairstow was ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup due to an injury, while out-of-form opener Jason Roy was dropped from the squad for the tournament in Australia beginning next month. Bairstow was initially included in the selection but the England and Wales Cricket Board later said he had been ruled out of the rest of the summer and the T20 World Cup after suffering a lower limb injury in a freak accident while playing golf in Leeds yesterday. Bairstow said in a post on Instagram that he was injured after slipping on the golf course and that he would need to undergo an operation. “Unfortunately I am going to be unavailable of (sic) games/tours in the immediate future,” Bairstow wrote in a post on his Instagram story. “The reason being is that I have injured my lower leg in a freak accident and it shall need an operation. “The injury came when I slipped on the golf course this morning. I am gutted and want to wish everyone for this week at The Oval all the best firstly and the boys that are going to Australia for the T20 World Cup. Absolutely gutted! I will be back. ” Roy has been an integral part of England’s white-ball squad and his explosive batting at the top of the order embodied the team’s aggressive approach as they won their maiden 50-overs World Cup title in 2019. The 32-year-old has struggled for runs this summer and hit 76 runs in total in his last six Twenty20 Internationals which made his position untenable for the World Cup and the preceding seven-match Twenty20 series in Pakistan. “It’s unfortunate timing, he’s hit a bad patch of form at the worst time,” England director of cricket Rob Key said. “The game is about confidence as much as anything else. We’d be taking a gamble on him finding form.   “He was obviously very disappointed, I think ‘gutted’ was the phrase he used. He wanted to make sure this wasn’t the end. ” Fit-again seamers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood, both of whom last played for England during the Test tour of the West Indies in March, have recovered from their respective injuries to be in both squads. Key, who chaired selection, revealed England’s white-ball captain Jos Buttler would open, allowing all-rounder Ben Stokes to jump to number four. Stokes, England’s Test captain, has missed all of his country’s T20 matches since March 2021.   “The knock-on effect of everything we’re doing is that hopefully Ben Stokes has a more fulfilled role. I think that will get the best out of him in those big games,” Key said. “Having him come in later doesn’t get the best out of Ben Stokes. There’s a great line in his documentary where they say ‘the big moments find him’ and you want to give him that opportunity. I don’t think we’ve done that in T20 cricket. ” England’s squad includes Chris Jordan (finger) and Liam Livingstone (ankle) who will skip the Pakistan tour to continue their rehabilitation, the ECB said yesterday. Captain Jos Buttler, who is recovering from a calf injury, will tour Pakistan but will be available to play only in the later stages of the series. “In Buttler’s absence, Moeen Ali will captain the side,” the ECB said. Jordan Cox, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Olly Stone and Luke Wood are the five uncapped players named in the England squad for the Pakistan series which begins on Sept. 20 in Karachi. Former champions England begin their Twenty20 World Cup campaign against Afghanistan on Oct. 22 in Perth. England, the current 50-over world champions, were beaten semi-finalists in the previous T20 World Cup in 2021. T20 World Cup squad:  Jos Buttler (captain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood Reserves: Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tymal Mills Pakistan tour squad: Jos Buttler (cptain), Moeen Ali, Harry Brook, Jordan Cox, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Tom Helm, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Olly Stone, Reece Topley, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Luke Wood, Mark Wood.  .